Block blackout tattoos are all the rage — but your mum won’t be happy

‘My mum was not keen on the tattoo at all’ Sinead Swift says, reflecting on her new ink. ‘She doesn’t like the bold nature of it. She was shocked I’d done it in the first place.’

The 25-year-old bartender and tattoo artists proudly sports a ‘blackout tattoo’, a new tattooing trend which sees a large section of the body, such as the arms or legs,…